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Surname
HAM
Forename
William Golding
Day
03
Month
05
Year
1913
Age
20
Occupation
Collier's Assistant
Mine/Quarry Name
Waunlwydd
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Location
Upper Cwmtwrch
County
Breconshire
Details of Event
Died after a fall of side at the working face. He was standing waiting for a comrade to bar down a piece of coal instead of the slip breaking off at the sprag, as intended, a greater length fell, discharging one post and two sprags. One of the flying piec